KLINE, John, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Allentown, Lehigh County,
Pa., September 6, 1947; B.A., Rice University, Houston, Tex., 1969; M.P.A.,
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg, Pa., 1988; United States
Marine Corps, 1969-1994; leadership consultant; unsuccessful candidate for the
One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998; unsuccessful candidate for the One Hundred
Seventh Congress in 2000; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and
to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-present); chair, Committee on
Education and the Workforce (One Hundred Twelfth through One Hundred Fourteenth
Congresses).